How to Ignite Exceptional Growth

by JC Larreche

Jean-Claude Larreche presents a systematic approach for the design and execution of momentum strategy. He shows how to create new value through momentum and outlines a framework for building the leadership competencies that will deliver profitable growth. Larreche offers a pathway for harnessing the power of the momentum effect, adaptable for use by any business, in any industry under any market condition.

Using Gender Science to Create Success in Business

by Michael Gurian, Barbara Annis

Gender experts Michael Gurian and Barbara Annis explore what the latest scientific studies reveal about male/female brain differences and explain how these impact the ways men and women negotiate, communicate, lead and run meetings. Then they teach how to use this scientific gender intelligence for business success.

How Individuals and Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World

by Peter Senge, Sara Schley, Nina Kruschwitz, Bryan Smith, Joe Laur

The Necessary Revolution focuses on sustainability and the challenge for businesses to invest in new solutions to environmental problems and innovative strategies that will generate both short- and long-term profitability while helping to create a better world. The authors tell us that it is business that has the motivation, ability and resources to dramatically change the way we do things.

Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations

by David M. Noer

Downsizing continues to strike American business. What about those who are left behind? How can workers restore their energy, productivity and risk taking when their trust and loyalty have been stripped away? How can managers initiate healing and motivate employees burdened with twice their usual workload? In this summary, training expert David M. Noer skillfully brings together the "hard" and "soft" sides of a critical corporate issue to provide practical and profound guidan

Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations

by James Surowiecki

When individuals in a crowd are appropriately diverse, independent and decentralized, their aggregated decisions are surprisingly on point. With this knowledge, the power of groups can be used to find unknown answers and determine how to coordinate behavior and cooperate in all areas of society. Our everyday activities, our government and our economy are all affected by the power of crowds, and when things go awry, it is often because one of the key elements of an intelligent crowd is missing or

The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

by Guy Kawasaki

In The Art of the Start, Guy Kawasaki writes that his goal is to help you use your knowledge, love and determination to create something great without getting bogged down in theory and unnecessary details. At Apple in the 1980s, Kawasaki turned ordinary consumers into evangelists. As founder and CEO of Garage Technology Ventures, he has field-tested his ideas with dozens of newly hatched companies. In this summary, Kawasaki takes you through every phase of creating a business, from ...

Proven Strategies for Swamped Salespeople

by Todd Duncan

In Time Traps, sales expert Todd Duncan explains all the traps that steal your time, and shows why you should abandon the pointless pursuit of time management and, instead, adopt a far more actionable approach: task management. He explains that by focusing your time better you can make more money and have more free time — at the same time. Duncan challenges you to invest your time in the areas that will truly deliver dividends: your health, your financial fitness, your relationships, yo